British Green Party Member Embraces 'Hamas Terrorist, Antisemitic' Label
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British Green Party member Lubna Qumsieh stated she would welcome being called a "Hamas terrorist, antisemitic" due to her anti-Israel views. Qumsieh is responsible for a party resolution that labels Zionism as racism, which passed with a majority vote. The party has launched an internal investigation into Qumsieh following reports of her past offer to testify for an Al-Qaeda terrorist and her controversial statements comparing Hamas fighters to Jewish resistance members and accusing Israel of organ harvesting and torture.
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- Lubna Qumsieh, a British Green Party member, embraces the label "Hamas terrorist, antisemitic" for her anti-Israel stance.
- The Green Party passed a resolution defining Zionism as racism with 1,022 votes in favor and 813 against.
- Qumsieh previously offered to testify for an Al-Qaeda terrorist planning an attack in 2015.
- She has accused Israel of organ harvesting and torture, and called the Holocaust a weapon.
- The Green Party has initiated an internal investigation into Qumsieh's conduct.
- Jewish members expressed concern about feeling unwelcome after the resolution passed.
Lubna Qumsieh, a British Green Party member and artist, has stated she would be happy to be labeled a "Hamas terrorist, antisemitic" in response to her anti-Israel stance. Qumsieh is behind a proposal passed by the party that defines Zionism as racism. The proposal, which passed with 1,022 votes in favor and 813 against, states that Zionism will be treated as any other form of racism by the Green Party.
Qumsieh was reportedly recorded comparing Hamas fighters to Jews who fought in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, and suggesting that "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." She also claimed that Palestinians are subjected to "organ harvesting" and held in "Israeli torture camps," and that the Holocaust is "used as a weapon" by Israel to justify the oppression of Palestinians. She further argued that definitions of antisemitism, including the IHRA's, are designed to "silence us" and "protect Israel from criticism and sponsor racism."
In 2015, Qumsieh reportedly offered to testify in favor of Minh Quang Pham, a British citizen and Al-Qaeda terrorist who planned a suicide bombing at Heathrow Airport. The Green Party announced last week that it has opened an internal investigation into Qumsieh following this revelation. The party stated that Qumsieh holds no party position other than being a member and that internal processes are underway to investigate allegations that do not align with party values.
Senior Green Party figures had warned that Jewish members would feel "frightened and unwelcome" in the party after the "Zionism is racism" proposal was approved. The party's Jewish leader, Zack Polanski, abstained from the vote, with a party spokesperson explaining he was campaigning elsewhere. Green Party members also rejected two amendments, including one intended to protect Jewish members from reporting on racism for visiting places identified as "Zionist," such as synagogues or community centers.
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